I am slowly loosing my fetus, I am six weeks pregnant, and the baby has a heart beat but it is getting slower and the baby is not growing. My Dr. did an ultra sound, and said he can't do anything until there is no heartbeat. Did anyone ever encounter anything like this?
2006-08-25 14:05:18 · 8 answers · asked by mickey 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Not me, but my doctor didn't find a heartbeat for my daughter until I was 16 weeks, but all you can do is wait. I was told the earliest they can find the heartbeat by ultrasound is 12 weeks. Unless they went in from your vagina.
Also not to be mean, but at 6 WEEKS it is only an embryo, it isn't a fetus until 9 -12 weeks and some doctors don't consider it a fetus until 13 weeks when you start your second trimester.
Also the at 9 to 12 weeks is when the heart beat can be heard by dopplar at the doctor's office. (http://www.wprc.org/trimester1.phtml)
2006-08-25 14:14:57 · answer #1 · answered by Crazy Mama 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I haven't ever heard of a doctor saying that at all. I misscarried at 12 wks and it was terrible I also had a ultra sound done because I was bleeding and they said that I was about to miscarry and that was a terrible feeling. If there is still a heart beat at any rate then that is still a live baby and I don't see how they can tell you that. At 6 wks there is still a possiblility that the baby could still grow I would hold on to just a maybe that things will go well. Are you bleeding or cramping? Well I hope this helps. Goodluck
2006-08-25 15:16:10 · answer #2 · answered by embsmg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At 6 weeks the baby is only approx 4 weeks along. It is still so early in the pregnancy that anything can happen. As hard as it is I would just take it day by day. I am so sorry that you are going through the stress of this situation. I am 25 weeks pregnant and had bleeding weeks 6 through week 9 and that was really hard too...not knowing if I would lose the baby. Everything turned out just fine though. I will be praying for you and the baby.
2006-08-25 14:39:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was 7 weeks when I had my first miscarriage, and it was really hard, luckily when I first knew I was miscarrying I bled a lot, and my doctor told me he wanted me to pass it naturally, and if this happened I would not have to have a D&C, which this is a surgery that they go up and scrape your uterus to remove it. I passed it naturally and it was the saddest thing I had to go through, but it was not a fully developed baby, so I knew something was wrong and it was better to happen early then something happen later on in my pregnancy and it be fully grown. I did not hear the heartbeat, but it's the first thing that you hear if you have an ultrasound vaginally. I had to have an ultrasound with my second daughter at 6 weeks, to date my pregnancy and it's amazing to hear it, but don't worry this is natural and it's ok to be upset, but you can always try again. I have had two miscarriages, and they were both early, and my children who are one and three came out wonderfully and my pregnancies were great, so don't give up hang in there and have faith, try to conceive again and I promise you will have a normal pregnancy.
2006-08-25 14:25:23 · answer #4 · answered by tgallenstein01 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not to get your hopes up... They told me with my 7 y/o that I was loosing her to a miscarriage, and that I should go home and come back to be checked the following Monday. They said this because they couldn't find her on an ultrasound. I would give it time, if your baby is truely going to go, nature will take its place. But its honestly so early I wouldn't go by what the doctor said.
2006-08-25 14:12:03 · answer #5 · answered by erinjl123456 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as long as there is a hearbeat there is still hope. And there is an ethical code for doctors to do no harm, so he really cannot do anything till there is no heart beat.
2006-08-25 14:24:04 · answer #6 · answered by rachel_renee_77 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's so sad and I'm so so so sorry to hear your news. Can you get a second opinion? That's what I would do. I don't trust doctors anymore. :(
2006-08-25 14:46:16 · answer #7 · answered by Nicole H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but I'm sorry for you. My friend had a miscarriage a fews ago. It's not easy and I'm sorry for your loss.
2006-08-25 14:11:34 · answer #8 · answered by First Lady 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋